Col. Lewis O. Morris received, August 1, 1862, authority to recruit a regiment
in the, then, 13th Senatorial district of the State. August 19, 1862, the regiment
was designated the 113th Regiment of Infantry. It was organized at Albany and
there mustered in the service of the United States for three years August 18,
1862. It was converted, December 10, 1862, into an artillery regiment, and December
19, 1862, designated the 7th Regiment of Artillery. Two additional companies were
organized for the regiment, and mustered in the United States service for three
years, August 6, 1863, and January 19, 1864, respectively. June 16, 1865, the
men whose term of service would expire before October 1, 1865, were mustered out,
and the regiment, under Co1. Richard C. Duryea, consolidated into a battalion
of four companies, A, B, C and D.

The companies were recruited principally: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and I at Albany;
H at West Troy; K at Albany, Westerlo, Bethlehem, Rensselaerville and Knox; and
Land M in Albany county.

The regiment (ten companies) left the State August 19, 1862, and served as
heavy artillery and infantry in the defenses of Washington, north of the Potomac,
from August, 1862; in the 2d Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Corps, from February,
1863; in Tyler's Artillery Division, 2d Corps, Army of Potomac, from May 18, 1864;
in the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, from May 29, 1864; in the 2d Brigade,
1st Division, 2d Corps, from November 23, 1864; in the 2d Separate Brigade, 8th
Corps, from February 25, 1865, at Baltimore, Md. The battalion remaining in service,
commanded by Maj. John F. Mount, was honorably discharged and mustered out at
Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, Md., August 1, 1865.

During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 8 officers, 166
enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 6 officers, 115 enlisted men; of disease
and other causes, 4 officers, 378 enlisted men; total, 18 officers, 659 enlisted
men; aggregate, 677; of whom 4 officers and 213 enlisted men died in the hands
of the enemy.

Further ReadingThis is meant to be a comprehensive list. If, however, you know of a resource that is not listed below, please send an email to ng.ny.nyarng.list.historians@mail.mil with the name of the resource and where it is located. This can include photographs, letters, articles and other non-book materials. Also, if you have any materials in your possession that you would like to donate, the museum is always looking for items specific to New York's military heritage. Thank you.

Smith, Sylvester. Letters to Mary E. Smith,1862-1865.
The collection consists of letters from Sylvester Smith with Company E of the 113th New York Infantry Regiment, and then the 7th New York Artillery Regiment, to his wife Mary E. Smith, of Oak Hill, Greene County, New York from 1862-1865. Smith wrote from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington (D.C.) and his letters document his involvement in the battles of Cold Harbor and Petersburg Crater, Virginia. Among other topics discussed in the letters are Smith's opinions of the Southern people and their outrages, comfortable camp life and accommodations, other soldiers, money matters, his wife's correspondence, and her problems coping with his extended absence.108 items.
Located at the University of Georgia.